Improved washing-machine



UNITED STATES APATENT OFFICE.

',IIARLES IIOIVARD, vOF MORRIS, NEIV YORK IM'PROVED WASHINGMACHINE.

l pieiliration forming part of Letters Patent No. 35,682, dated .lune 24, IHZ.

To JZ whom, t Tull/.,l/ coll/cern.-

I-e it known that-"I, UnAuLns HOWARD, -of the town of Morris, county of Otsego, and Stateof New Yorkhave invented a new and useful Improvement on a Machine for Vashing (llolhes, and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full, elear, and exact description of the eonstruetion and operai-ion of the saine, reference heilig had to the annexed drawing, making a part of this speeiiieation, in which the ligure is a perspective View.

A is the trough. 3 l are disks or rubbers. j is a shaft. I) I) are :t1-Qs. ',l) is a handle; I" I" 2LH'. ihn piLmLll. IIY is 'Line ilczullv. I I are shall-s fastened to lhedisks. J is a pulley. A eorrespomling one is on the opposite end of the trough.. (Not seen in the drawing.) K I( are spiral springs surrouiuling;y the shafts I I. 0 are cords attached to the shafts I I and to Ihelreadle II, to spread the disks apart. S Bare hearings fitted across the trough A, to hold the shafts I I and disks in their places `in the trough'. L L are posts t0 support the shaft C.

Io enable ol hers skilled in the art to make and use my invention and improvement, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

I constructthctrough A of any desired size, in the shape of a half-eylimler, with suitable legs on the ends to raise it a convenient distance from the Iioor and to hold'the ends of' the treadle II.

The disks D B are made in a half-circle to correspond with the inside of the trough A, and are corrugated on their face sides and fastened lo the shafts II. .lhc two posts L L are fastened to the ends of the trough A, and are of the proper height to support the shaft C and give sufficient length. to the pitmen F I".

The shaft Gis made of the desiredlength, with bearings at the ends to rest ou the posts L L, and the arms DD are securely fastened to the shaft C on opposite sides at the proper distance from the ends to receive the pitinen F F,

vwhich (pitmen) are also attached to the disks B I. Put the spiral springs-on the shafts I I and tit shafts and disks in the trough A, so that when the disks are spread apart the ends of the shafts I I will slip through holes in the ends of the trough.

Having fitted the shaft C, with its' arms D D and handle E, in its place, proeeed to at tach t-he pitlncn to the ends of the arlns I) I) and tothe disks l ,B on the saine end-that is, the ends of tliepitmen F F are eonnceted to the edge of the disks both on the same side. Attaeh a eord to the shafts I I near the supports S Ituu the ends out through a hole in the end of the trough A, over a pulley, J, and fasten them to the treadle H.

rIo operate the machine, make a soapsuds and putin the trough A; put your f oot on the treadle II and spread the disks apart; put the articles tobe washed between the disks B I and take the foot off the treadlc; seize the handle and move it back and forth or up and down until the desired result is obtained.

\Vhat Ielaim as my invention and improvement, and for which I desire Letters Patent,

The eombinationof disks B B on separate shafts. Connected to the arms D D by means of the pitmen F F, whereby both disks are moved in opposite directions by one motion of the hand operating ou the handle E, as described.

CHARLES HO\VA'RD. Witnesses:

HILO II. GRoss, A. S. AVERY. 

